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dwhl
09-10-2005, 17:00
Hi everyone,

Just wondered whether anyone could help. I have downloaded Antivir (virus protection software) having previously used Norton. On scanning, it has picked up "worm/agobot.36864"

It says that it is unable to delete or repair it. What ist it and what should I do?

Thanks for the help

David
ANGELUS
09-10-2005, 17:08
Get yourself a copy of Nod32 mate for a starters, its miles better than what you got at the minute and will sort the problem for you.

Also I'd recommend using Microsoft AntiSpyware as well to see if that clears owt nasty off your system that might be hidden in the background on your PC.

Hope this helps you mate :thumbsup:
sccsux
09-10-2005, 17:14
Originally posted by ANGELUS
Get yourself a copy of Nod32 mate for a starters, its miles better than what you got at the minute and will sort the problem for you.

Or....

AVG Free from Grisoft (free.grisoft.com), which is (as the name implies) FREE (for personal use). Has a small footprint, email scanner, regular updates, scan on demand etc.



Originally posted by ANGELUS
Also I'd recommend using Microsoft AntiSpyware as well to see if that clears owt nasty off your system that might be hidden in the background on your PC.

And has been known to kill some legitimate files:(. Better with SpyBot (with TeaTimer installed & running) plus AdAware Se.
dwhl
09-10-2005, 18:07
Thanks for the advice. I still cannot seem to rid of it though and am still unsure what it is....have searched on google and it appears to be a remote trojan horse?????

appears to have various aliases though including "backdoor" "gaobot" etc

Any help anyone?

David
ANGELUS
09-10-2005, 18:30
Originally posted by sccsux
Or....

AVG Free from Grisoft (free.grisoft.com), which is (as the name implies) FREE (for personal use). Has a small footprint, email scanner, regular updates, scan on demand etc.

And has been known to kill some legitimate files:(. Better with SpyBot (with TeaTimer installed & running) plus AdAware Se.

AVG aint near as good as NOD32.. people keep telling me this- and it just aint true.

Just because its free- dosent mean its much cop boys and girls!

And I havent heard anything about the Microsoft Antispyware- but thanks for the heads up though- I'll look into what you said just in case its cocking my pc up in the background

Cheers for the reply
:thumbsup: